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SQL Server Compact will be available for developers in upcoming Windows Phone...
Just a quick note the let you know, that SQL Server Compact will be exposed to Windows Phone developers as announced at the MIX11 conference. It is already on the device, as I blogged about earlier....
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Saving images to SQL Server Compact with Entity Framework 4.1 Code First
This StackOverflow question points out an issue with EntityFramework 4.1, when used with a SQL Server Compact table with image columns. The “image” type is the predecessor to varbinary(MAX), and is...
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New release of Scripting Library and command line utilities–with Schema Diff...
The latest release of my ExportSqlCe SQL Server Compact scripting library and related command line utilities is now available on CodePlex. This latest version of the command line utilities adds the...
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SQL Server Compact Toolbox standalone - including all managed DLLs in a...
The latest release of the standalone version of my SQL Server Compact Toolbox, mainly for users that do not have Visual Studio 2010 Pro or higher, is available as a single .exe. It was actually a Tweet...
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Scripting image column data for INSERT statements
I earlier blogged about scripting datetime values for INSERT statements, or for example by use in the SubmitSQL method of the SQL Server Compact RemoteDataAccess API. In this post, I will show how to...
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SQL Server Compact ASP.NET Membership, Role and Profile Provider version 2.1...
My ASP.NET membership provider is now available in version 2.1, that contains many improvements and some new features based on excellent community feedback – keep it coming! The ASP.NET membership...
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Populating a Windows Phone “Mango” SQL Server Compact database on desktop
For up to the minute news, outcries, complaints and cheers on SQL Server Compact, follow me on Twitter: @ErikEJ If you want to prepopulate a Mango SQL Server Compact database with some data, you can...
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SQL Server Compact Toolbox 2.2–Visual Guide of new features
After more that 32.000 downloads, version 2.2 of my SQL Server Compact Toolbox extension for Visual Studio 2010 is now available for download. This blog post is a visual guide to the new features...
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SQL Server Compact Private Deployment tweaks
As a follow up to my previous post about Private Deployment (the concept that you can simply include the SQL Server Compact DLL files with your application as content, so to speak), I will show you a...
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Windows Phone / SQL Server Compact resources
This blog post collects links to relevant blog posts and articles about Windows Phone support for SQL Server Compact. You can also follow me on Twitter (@ErikEJ) to get notified of any SQL Server...
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Using PowerShell to manage SQL Server Compact database files
I noticed that someone asked if you could manage SQL Server Compact from PowerShell, and yes you can, based on the reply here I put together the following sample:...
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SQL Server Compact Toolbox 2.3–Visual Guide of new features
After more than 44.000 downloads, version 2.3 of my SQL Server Compact Toolbox extension for Visual Studio 2010 is now available for download. This blog post is a visual guide to the new features...
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Viewing SQL statements created by Entity Framework with SQL Server Compact
Sometimes it can be useful to be able to inspect the SQL statements generated by Entity Framework against your SQL Server Compact database. This can easily be done for SELECT statements as noted here....
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Major update to SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 available
A major update to SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 has just been released, disguised as a “Cumulative Update Package”. Microsoft knowledgebase article 2553608 describes the update. The update contains the...
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SqlCeBulkCopy, a library for fast SQL Server Compact INSERTS released
Version 2.1 of my SQL Server Compact Bulk Insert Library has now been released. This library exposes an API similar to the SqlBulkCopy API implemented for the SqlClient (working against SQL Server)....
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Useful Windows Phone advice from Nick Randolph
Fellow MVP Nick Randolph (@BTRoam) publishes an excellent blog, Nick’s .NET Travels, often with articles that relate to SQL Server Compact and synchronization technologies, but also very useful...
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SQL Server Compact Toolbox 2.4–Visual Guide of new features
After more than 50.000 downloads, version 2.4 of my SQL Server Compact Toolbox extension for Visual Studio 2010 is now available for download. This blog post is a visual guide to the new features...
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SQL Server Compact Toolbox available for Visual Studio 11
Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview is now available for testing. As one of the first third party add-ins, a build of the SQL Server Compact Toolbox version 2.4 that supports this Visual Studio Preview...
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Analyzing SQL Server Compact queries using Visual Studio 2010 Premium/Ultimate
f you are the happy owner of Visual Studio 2010 Premium or Ultimate, there is a hidden tool that allows you to run and analyze queries against SQL Server Compact 3.5 and 4.0 databases. (Support for 4.0...
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Comparison of SQL Server Compact, SQL Server Express 2008 R2 and LocalDB
Now that SQL Server Compact 4 has been released, some developers are curious about the differences between SQL Server Compact 4.0 and SQL Server Express 2008 R2. I have updated the comparison table...
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